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The chapter provides a review of examples of collective agri-environmental initiatives that have been developed in Australia and in some European countries (Germany, the Netherlands), by showing their relevance in the current policy and academic debate. Although the cases described cannot always be classified as collective actions, an analysis of their main features provides some insights into the potentialities and barriers to implementing collaborative agri-environmental schemes in different contexts. Moreover, these examples reflect the complexity of the different agricultural and forestry practices as well as the difficult challenge of tailoring the collective strategies to local and regional needs. The final part of the chapter focuses on the main policy and institutional challenges for developing and supporting more grass roots collective actions for public goods, by providing a short overview of the Italian case studies that are analyzed in more depth in chapter 4 (the project Custody of the Territory in Tuscany Region) and in chap. 5 (the agri-environmental agreement in Marche Region).
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Vanni, F. (2014). Collective Agri-environmental Strategies. In: Agriculture and Public Goods. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-7457-5_3
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